Deputy Sheriff Jacob Pickett was shot and killed as he and other Boone County deputies joined a pursuit of wanted suspects being pursued by Lebanon police officers. Deputy Pickett, is the 15th officer to be shot and killed this year and the first from the State of Indiana in 2018.

Deputy Sheriff Alexis Locklear was killed in a crash while responding to a vehicular pursuit in progress. Deputy Locklear is the fifth traffic-related fatality this year and the first line of duty death in the state of North Carolina in 2018.